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Taxonomy
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The science of describing, naming, and classifying organisms
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Binomial nomenclature
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A system for giving each organism a two-word scientific name that consists of the genus name followed by the species name
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Genus
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The level of classification that comes after family and that contains similar species
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Family
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The taxonomic category below order and above genus
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Order
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The taxonomic category below class and above family
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Class
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A taxonomic category containing orders with common characteristics
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Phylum
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The taxonomic category below kingdom and above class
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Kingdom
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The highest taxonomic category, which contains a group of similar phyla
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Domain
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Taxonomic groups that include kingdoms
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Biological species
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A group of organisms that can reproduce only among themselves and that is usually contained in a geographic region
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Phylogeny
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The evolutionary history of a species or taxonomic group
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Convergent evolution
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The process by which unrelated species become more similar as they adapt to the same kind of environment
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Analogous character
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Similarities between organisms that arise through convergent evolution
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Cladistics
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A phylogenetic classification system that uses shared derived characters and ancestry as the sole criterion for groupjng taxa
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Ancestral character
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Similarities between organisms that evolve in a common ancestor
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